Furniture-polish.



UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

WILLIAM H. PAXTON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

FURNITURE-POLISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,015, dated August 25, 1903. Application filed August 4, 1902. Serial No. 118,394. (N0 Specimens.)

T0 (0% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PAXTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture-Polish; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and usefulimprovementsinfurniture-polish; and it has for its object the provision of a cheap and serviceable composition in liquid form, which is designed for use as a polish only and is not intended to produce a hard finish.

It has been found that by the use of the composition upon furniture at intervals of a few months the furniture will at all times retain a highly-polished and finished appearance. The composition I have found to be particularly adapted for use in repolishing surfaces which have been finished and varnished and japan-work-cases in which the surface has become dull or scratched. Upon varnished surfaces my composition serves to prevent the blistering of the surface, which is common where varnish is used, and it serves in cases in which surface has been marred or defaced by ink or other stains to restore the wood to its natural color, producing at all times a soft glossy surface.

My composition consists of golden machineoil No. 1, (which is a paraffin-oil of 28 gravity,) spirits of turpentine, oil of cloves, oil of cinnamon, dissolved gutta-percha, and

brown or cider vinegar. In compounding the ingredients I employ the same in substantially the proportions and compounded in the manner hereinafter specified. I first 0 mix three pints of golden machine-oil No.

l with one quart of brown or cider vinegar, the same being preferably mixed in a kettle in which a temperature of 125 to 150 Fahrenheit is maintained. The ingredients are thoroughly stirred and mixed, after which I add to the composition three ounces of the oil of cloves and three ounces of the oil of cinnamon, and after thoroughly stirring same two ounces of dissolved gutta-percha are added, the gutta-percha having first been thoroughly dissolved in a mixture of hot golden machine-oil, spirits of turpentine, oil

of cloves, and oil of cinnamon. The composition when cooled will be about the consistency of ordinary paste.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described composition, for p01- ishing furniture,the same consisting of golden machine-oil No. 1, spirits of turpentine, oil of cloves, oil of cinnamon, dissolved guttapercha, and brown vinegar, compounded in substantially the manner and in the proporv tions specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' WILLIAM H. PAXTON. Witnesses:

JNO. F. WHITE, J 0s. H. MONTGOMERY. 

